https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the controversial UN migration pact in the Bundestag, as the issue continued to split her party. https://www.thelocal.de/20181121/merkel-defends-controversial-un-migration-pact Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:43:20 +0100 merkel-defends-controversial-un-migration-pact Between 80,000 to 100,000 positive asylum decisions are being re-examined after a German soldier managed to obtain protected status through a fake identity, the Interior Minister announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/up-to-100000-asylum-cases-to-be-re-checked-after-german-soldier-became-refugee Wed, 31 May 2017 19:43:12 +0200 up-to-100000-asylum-cases-to-be-re-checked-after-german-soldier-became-refugee Planes will lift off from bases across Germany on Thursday and set course for Turkey, where they will be based during the Luftwaffe (air force) mission over Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20151210/isis-luftwaffe-aircraft-syria-mission-military-germany Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:30:38 +0100 isis-luftwaffe-aircraft-syria-mission-military-germany Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany would not only survive but thrive if it finds creative, mutually beneficial solutions to the interconnected crises affecting Europe and the world today. https://www.thelocal.de/20150909/were-up-to-challenge-of-21st-century-merkel Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:45:31 +0200 were-up-to-challenge-of-21st-century-merkel UPDATE: As over 1,000 refugees arrived in Munich from Hungary by train on Tuesday, police in the Bavarian capital said they were "overwhelmed" by the amount of food, water and other supplies donated by local people to those in need. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/migrants-flee-budapest-for-vienna-and-munich Tue, 01 Sep 2015 10:26:25 +0200 migrants-flee-budapest-for-vienna-and-munich German business confidence slipped fractionally from its previous high level in May, as the upturn in Europe's biggest economy continues, the Ifo economic institute said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150522/business-confidence-slack-as-growth-slows Fri, 22 May 2015 13:14:46 +0200 business-confidence-slack-as-growth-slows Investigators found a list of 3,500 German intelligence agents' names and their aliases on a hard drive belonging to a US double agent caught in July. https://www.thelocal.de/20150114/bnd-double-agent-stole-aliases-list-cia-nsa-security-spying-terrorism Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:49:00 +0100 bnd-double-agent-stole-aliases-list-cia-nsa-security-spying-terrorism Germany's biggest TV show bowed out at the weekend after 33 years with a three-and-a half hour extravaganza featuring Hollywood actor Ben Stiller. https://www.thelocal.de/20141215/ben-stiller-gives-wetten-dass-finale-hollyood-stardust-television-gottschalk Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:35:00 +0100 ben-stiller-gives-wetten-dass-finale-hollyood-stardust-television-gottschalk The Social Democrats (SPD) accidentally invited a dead TV star to attend its summer party. It got a shock when the veteran presenter replied saying, "I can't make it". https://www.thelocal.de/20140730/dieter-hildebrandt-dead-tv-star-replies-to-spd-party-invite Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:04:00 +0200 dieter-hildebrandt-dead-tv-star-replies-to-spd-party-invite A German woman who paramedics thought had died in a car crash is being treated in hospital - after a morgue employee noticed she was still breathing hours after the accident. https://www.thelocal.de/20130903/51733 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:49:00 +0200 51733 Fears are growing in Germany that new EU rules could herald the demise of the “Made in Germany” merchandise mark – and with it a reputation for quality built up over decades. https://www.thelocal.de/20130809/51319 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:45:00 +0200 51319 Innocent members of the public have been tricked into thinking they were the victims of a nightmare mix-up for a German advertising gag, which put their pictures on a fake news broadcast saying they were being hunted by the police. https://www.thelocal.de/20130219/48031 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:42:00 +0100 48031 Customs officers confiscated a foreign currency cheque worth €54 million on Friday after catching an Iranian man trying to smuggle it illegally into the country at Dusseldorf airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20130201/47709 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:42:00 +0100 47709 German central bank chief Jens Weidmann defended his criticism of the European Central Bank's latest anti-crisis strategy after a tongue-lashing from Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. https://www.thelocal.de/20120918/45045 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:11:00 +0200 45045 Cologne City Council has pardoned 38 women nearly 400 years after they were sentenced to death for suspected witchcraft, a newspaper reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120630/43473 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:20:00 +0200 43473 Archaeologists in Saxony-Anhalt have discovered a 2,600-year-old wall painted in bright patterns. It reveals that Iron Age houses were not the drab constructions they were once thought to be. https://www.thelocal.de/20110808/36825 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:18:00 +0200 36825 German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki received a hero's welcome upon his return home to Würzburg, Bavaria on Tuesday. Dirk got the cheers, but one super-fan earned a seat of honour for helping to galvanize thousands to attend the lavish event. https://www.thelocal.de/20110628/35945 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:28:00 +0200 35945 Germans who have legally separated do not have the right to visit the pets they shared with their spouses, a court said Wednesday, rejecting the complaint of a dejected wife. https://www.thelocal.de/20101215/31837 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:55:00 +0100 31837 Smokers will cough up more money under a government plan to hike the tax on cigarettes to pay for an extension on tax breaks for heavy industry, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble announced Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20101025/30723 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:21:00 +0200 30723 Nick Clegg, Britain's new deputy prime minister, has already made history with his meteoric career, but on Thursday he notched up another feat for an English politician: speaking German to the Germans. https://www.thelocal.de/20100610/27775 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:26:00 +0200 27775